Pete'S Early Years

A tale of a young man, Pete, coming of age in 1880's New Orleans. As a gambler, cook and piano player he makes his way, meeting his best friend Tom and his girlfriend Rita along the way. Stirring up this gumbo are murder, jail time, music, mayhem, food and humor. New Orleans provides magic to all the action, weaving her exotic, sensual spell over the story. See how one man comes to be nicknamed Pope, another Emperor and how the Blue Dog comes to influence them.